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In the year 1870
106 Notable deaths
Thomas Brassey
British engineering contractor (1805–1870).
Born November 7th, 1805 in Buerton.
Died December 8th, 1870 at 65 years old in St Leonards (cerebral hemorrhage).
William Gilmore Simms
American writer (1806–1870).
Born April 17th, 1806 in Charleston.
Died June 11th, 1870 at 64 years old in Charleston.
Michael William Balfe
Irish composer (1808–1870).
Born May 15th, 1808 in Dublin.
Died October 21st, 1870 at 62 years old in Rowney Abbey.
Infante Enrique of Spain
Spanish infante, i duke of seville and officer in the spanish navy (1823-1870).
Born April 17th, 1823 in Seville.
Died March 12th, 1870 at 46 years old in Leganés.
Prince Felix of Salm-Salm
Soldier (1828-1870).
Born December 25th, 1828 in Anholt, Anholt Castle.
Died August 18th, 1870 at 41 years old in Saint-Privat-la-Montagne.
Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos
Catalan noble (1814-1870).
Born December 6th, 1814 in Reus.
Died December 30th, 1870 at 56 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound).
Karel Jaromír Erben
Czech archivist, poet, ethnographer, librettist, publicist, lawyer, translator and writer (1811–1870).
Born November 7th, 1811 in Miletín. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1870 at 59 years old in Prague (tuberculosis). [ref]
Kalama
Queen consort of the kingdom of hawaiʻi and spouse of king kamehameha iii, the third ruler of the kingdom of hawaii (1817–1870).
Born March 17th, 1817 in Kailua.
Died September 20th, 1870 at 53 years old in Honolulu.
Charles Auguste de Bériot
Belgian composer and violinist (1802–1870).
Born February 20th, 1802 in Leuven.
Died April 8th, 1870 at 68 years old in Brussels.
Charles de Montalembert
French publicist, historian and count of montalembert, deux-sèvres (1810-1870).
Born April 15th, 1810 in London.
Died March 13th, 1870 at 59 years old in Paris.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
German chemist and physicist (1802–1870).
Died April 4th, 1870 at 67 years old in Berlin.
Sylvain Salnave
President of haiti (1826-1870).
Born February 7th, 1826 in Cap-Haïtien. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1870 at 43 years old in Port-au-Prince (gunshot wound). [ref]
David Octavius Hill
Scottish painter and photographer (1802-1870).
Died May 17th, 1870 at 67 years old in Edinburgh.
Petrus van Schendel
Painter (1806-1870).
Born April 21st, 1806 in Terheijden.
Died December 28th, 1870 at 64 years old in Brussels.
Cesare Pugni
Italian composer (1802–1870).
Died January 26th, 1870 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Pierre Soulé
American politician (1801-1870).
Born August 31st, 1801 in Castillon-en-Couserans.
Died March 26th, 1870 at 68 years old in New Orleans.
Juan Crisóstomo Falcón
President of venezuela (1820-1870).
Born January 27th, 1820 in Jadacaquiva.
Died April 29th, 1870 at 50 years old in Fort-de-France (laryngeal cancer).
Clelia Barbieri
Italian roman catholic religious and saint (1847–1870).
Born February 13th, 1847 in San Giovanni in Persiceto.
Died July 13th, 1870 at 23 years old in San Giovanni in Persiceto (tuberculosis).
Armand Barbes
French republican revolutionary (1809-1870).
Born September 18th, 1809 in Pointe-à-Pitre.
Died June 26th, 1870 at 60 years old in The Hague.
Abel Douay
French general (1809-1870).
Born March 2nd, 1809 in Draguignan.
Died August 4th, 1870 at 61 years old in Wissembourg.
Paul-Émile Botta
French archaeologist (1802–1870).
Born December 6th, 1802 in Turin.
Died March 29th, 1870 at 67 years old in Achères. [ref]
Arthur Saint-Léon
French ballet dancer (1821–1870).
Born September 7th, 1821 in Paris.
Died September 2nd, 1870 at 48 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Nils Ericson
Swedish businessman (1802-1870).
Born January 31st, 1802 in Långban. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1870 at 68 years old in Stockholm.
Jules de Goncourt
French writer (1830–1870).
Born December 17th, 1830 in Paris.
Died June 20th, 1870 at 39 years old in Paris (syphilis).
Charles Durkee
American politician (1805-1870).
Born December 10th, 1805 in Royalton.
Died January 14th, 1870 at 64 years old in Omaha.
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